NEW in 2018: INQUiSITION

'A sophisticated plot lifts bestseller Gibbins' superior 10th thriller featuring archaeologist Jack Howard (after 2017's TESTAMENT). When the wreck of an English ship that sank off Cornwall in 1684 while transporting equipment and people back from the failed colony of Tangier yields a silver coin marked with a Star of David, Jack is baffled. The vessel would have had to pass through waters controlled by the Inquisition, and it made no sense for it to contain any evidence of the merchant's Jewish faith. To resolve that conundrum, Jack delves into an obscure chapter in British history - the abandonment of the North African colony in favour of a focus on consolidating the British Empire's control of India. His pursuit of an explanation takes him to Portugal and Bolivia, since the initial mystery proves to be just the tip of a large iceberg with major ramifications. Steve Berry fans eager for an intelligent blend of suspense and reality, including some horrific contemporary developments, will be rewarded.'(review on 5 February 2018)

INQUISITIONhas been published in UK, US, French and Greek editions, with the UK paperback out in June 2018 and the US paperback scheduled for April 2019. An Italian editions will also appear soon. Click on the covers for links to Amazon or the publisher websites.

JACK HOWARD SERIES

The nine previous novels in my Jack Howard series can all be ordered from Amazon. To find out more about them, including free sample chapters and synopses, go to Books and International Editions. Before INQUISITION, the most recent in the series were TESTAMENT, PYRAMID and PHARAOH. Some reviews of these novels can be seen opposite.

'The diving sequences are marvellous ... there isn't another thriller hero like Jack Howard and I treasure him' For Winter Nights

HISTORICAL fICTION

All of my Jack Howard novels include sections of historical fiction, ranging in date from prehistory to the Second World War and amounting to the equivalent of at least three novels in length - including a setting in PHARAOH during the British campaign in Egypt in 1885 that occupies more than half of the novel. In addition, I've published two historical novels set entirely in the Roman period, DESTROY CARTHAGE and THE SWORD OF ATTILA, both of which have appeared in twelve international editions.

' ... simply breathtaking ... one of the best historical novels of the year' Upcoming4.me

DAVID GIBBINS is a bestselling novelist with a PhD in archaeology from Cambridge University

My novels are drawn from my own experiences as an archaeologist and a diver, and from areas of research into the ancient world that have fascinated me since I was a boy. As well as writing I continue to be actively involved in fieldwork and exploration. In 2016 and again in 2018 a team that I co-direct made discoveries off south-west England that received widespread media coverage, by the BBC, national papers and hundreds of news agencies internationally. Both were 17th century shipwrecks of great historic interest. You can read about these and my research on ancient wrecks in the Mediterranean on my Projects page, as well as follow updates on my Facebook page and the page I co-manage for our team, Cornwall Maritime Archaeology.

Click on the image below for a BBC report on our 2016 discovery:

And here for one of many online articles in June 2018 on our East Indiaman discovery:

Most of my social media focus is on my Facebook page, but I also occasionally blog on this website with more detailed accounts of the backdrop of my novels and my other interests. Here are the latest:

I learned to dive in Canada when I was 15 in 1978, and both my brother Alan and my daughter Molly also qualified in Canada. Over the past few years Alan has taken many excellent films of me - and now of Molly too -diving on archaeological sites in the Great Lakes and waterways of Canada. Here are several of them:

MORE REVIEWS:

On PYRAMID: '... an utterly compelling historical adventure thriller, delivered by a man who lives and breathes the archaeology' Parmenion Books

' ... it's this expertise, enthusiasm and extraordinary detail and care that helps to make these novels distinct from other mystery thrillers ... a fine archaeological mystery by one of my very favourite authors' For Winter Nights

On PHARAOH: '... utterly absorbing ... a superb novel ... put aside your assumptions of what a thriller should be an instead immerse yourself in one of the best historical adventures you'll read this year.' For Winter Nights

'I find every single one of these books so plausible, so real I hate coming up for air ... a true leader of his genre and his art.' Parmenion Books